Hello Pine,
Since we're on the topic of mailing list norms, may I also suggest that we please do not copy the entire mailing list for any one-to-one well wishes as well?
Example: "Congrats" messages to various topics like project completed, new affiliate, edit count, or whatsoever. Certain times, more than half of my mailbox are simply a pile-up of one-to-one congratulatory messages that really doesn't concern 99% of the readers. Maybe those can be sent direct/off-list?
Sorry to somewhat change the topic. But I feel this needs to be said somewhere, and it might as well be here. :)
Yours truly,
User:Rehman
________________________________ From: Wikimedia-l wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com Sent: 16 October 2018 02:19 To: Wikimedia Mailing List; wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal regarding norms for meeting/deadline announcements
Hi Wikimedia-l and Wikitech-l,
Keeping in mind the large numbers of subscribers on some Wikimedia email lists, the endless valuable uses for the time of knowledgeable volunteer Wikimedians, the significant financial costs for the time of many of the staff and contractors on these mailing lists, and how packed calendars can be, I propose that we implement a few social norms/guidelines for Wikimedia-l and Wikitech-l in particular.
1. When planning to have a one-time public meeting, announce it at least 14 days in advance to give everyone who might like to participate that much lead time to clear space on their calendars. Rarely is a one-time public meeting so urgent that it cannot wait 14 days from the day that it is announced.
2. Send a maximum of one reminder email regarding a one-time public meeting, and also send a maximum of one reminder email regarding events with deadlines such as Wikimania scholarship submissions or conference presentation proposals. More than one reminder about a meeting or deadline is excessive.
3. If extending a deadline, send only an announcement of the extension with no additional reminder.
4. Send only one email to announce a recurring weekly meeting, with no additional reminders. Meetings which recur less often, such as biweekly or monthly, may continue to be announced with one additional reminder.
At this time these are proposals only. Comments are welcome. If the comments become extensive then I may request that we move the conversation to Meta.
Thank you,
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